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(No Model.)

B. F. M'OSHER.

WINDOW AWNING.

Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

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width of the window sash or sill.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. MOSHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WIN DOW-AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,604, dated February4, 1890.

Applicatlonfiled May 31, 1889. $erial No. 812,675. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F..MOSHER, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in WVind ow-Awnin gs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Awnings have been applied to the lower sash of a window, and in someinstances the ordinary window-shade has been supported by a propextending out from the windowsill and holding the lower edge of theawningor of the window-shade ina distended posit-ion when the lower sashof the window is raised. 1

My improvement is for obtaining a more reliable support or prop for thelower edge of the awning, and for allowing the same to be easilyconnected and held in position or removed when necessary.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section of the window-sill and part ofthe sash, showing the awning in position. Fig. 2 is a plan view, inlarger size, of the'prop. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the socket for theinner end of the prop, and Fig. 4 is a View of the socket at rightangles to Fig. 3.

The awning is to be of any desired material 'and of the widthcorresponding to the This awning A is'provided with rings or hooks 2 atthe upper end, to be passed over screw-hooks 3, inserted into the lowerrail 13 of the windowsash, and at the lower end of the awning A If ofmetal, it. is preferably tubular, and into such slat-s are insertedscrew hooks or eyes 4 at a suitable distance from each other for thereception of the hooks or eyes 5 on the end of the prop D. This prop Dis preferably of metal, having a forked end terminating with the eyes 5.I usually make the prop D of heavy wire, with a T-head piece 6, throughwhich passes the wire 7, having the eyes 5 at the ends thereof, and byrecessing or slotting the ends of the head-piece 6 where the wire 7 isbent the said wire is prevented from turning in the head-piece, and ,itis to be understood that the eyes or hooks 5 upon the ends of the prop Dare connected to the eyes or hooks 4.- upon the slat C, and the propholds the awning in the inclined position outat the window.

The inner end 8 of the prop D is bent at right angles and forms an L. tothe body portion of the prop. The socket-piece E is a casting adapted tobe screwed upon the window-sill F, and through the socket is a hole9 forthe reception of the bent end 8 of the prop D, and in the side of thesocket is aslot 10, so that when the end 8 of the prop D has been thrustthrough the hole 9 the prop itself will pass into this slot 10, and theprop will be thereby rigidly connected with the socket, so that the propwill hold the outer end of the awning from being blown upwardly by theaction of the wind. This slot 10 may extend across one side of thesocket E, or only as far as the hole 10. I prefer this last-named modeof construction because the end 8 of the prop D can be thrust into theslot and slipped back to the end thereof, and it will pass directly intothe hole 9.

After the awning has been hooked upon the screw-hooks 3 and the windowpartially raised, the prop D is hooked to the eyes 5,

and the awning thrust out at the window and the end 8 of the prop Dentered into the hole 9' in the socket E, after which the awning can bestrained to any desired extent by raising up the window-sash, or suchawning can be removed by drawing down the sash to loosen the same, afterwhich the prop is disconnected from the socket and the awning drawn in.

The prop D may be made in two parts, screwed together so as to beshortened up for transportation, and the slat C may be made in two partsset together in any desired manner, so as to facilitate packing, and thehooks 5 at the ends of the prop D may be passed into holes in the slat0, instead of making use of the screw hooks or eyes 4.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the awning A and slatC, of the prop D, having an end 8 at right angles to the body of theprop, a socket E,

having a hole for the reception of the end 8,

and a slot 10 at one side of the socket into is ben which the body ofthe prop is received, subfied. stantially as set forth. Signed by methis 29th day of May, 1889.

2. The combination, with the prop D and 5 the Wire fork 7, of thehead-piece 6, receiving BENJAMIN MOSHER' the end of the prop D, andhaving a hole Witnesses: through which the wire of the fork passes,-GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

t into the fork, snhstztntially as speciand end grooves which receivethe wire as it WILLIAM G. MOTT.

